In the few matches which took place between these two teams LSG have got the upper hand on PBKS by winning three out of four matches. Indian Stalwarts like Shikhar Dhawan and Kl Rahul have played their hand in this rivalry.
As we know that Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings have not faced each other a lot in IPL but whenever they have come against each other it has been an epic encounter. LSG have an upper hand by winning 3 matches out of 4 but Punjab Kings with their new management and captain looks way more stronger.
It has been an equal contest at the Ekana Stadium between these two teams with the teams winning one match each.
Lucknow Super Giants is being a good touring team against the Punjab Kings. They have won the single match which was Played in Mohali the home of Punjab Kings.
In all the matches played between Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings. We have seen different match winners and bowlers do have an upper hand in these contest . The first which was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings was a low scoring game in MCA Stadium Pune. As the Lucknow Super Giants managed to defend the total and win by 20 runs .
In the Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings games. The Zimbabwe star all rounder Sikander Raza have scored most runs while playing for the Punjab Kings. He has scored total of 93 runs in LSG vs PBKS matches .
In the Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings matches. South African Pacer Kagiso Rabada has taken most of number of wickets while playing for the Punjab Kings. He has taken total of 8 wickets .
After winning the toss Punjab Kings decided to Bowl first . But it was going to be nightmare for them .While Batting first Lucknow SuperGiants with new opening pair of Kl Rahul and Kyle Mayers started with a bang .Kyle Mayers was going all guns blazing at the Punjab Kings bowler's. He scored his fifty with a strike rate over 200 .He scored 54(24) with 7 fours and 4 huge sixes . After that the partnership between Indian Youngster Ayush Badoni and Australian Hulk Marcus Stoinis stole the show. Both were smashing Punjab Kings bowler's all around the park . Ayush Badoni scored 43(23) before getting out to Liam Livingstone but Stoinis continued his assault and scored 72 (40) before getting dismissed by Sam Curran and then the finishing touches from Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda who scored 45(19) and 11(6) respectively. Lucknow Super Giants put a target of 258 for the home team. It was always going to take a lot to chase this huge target but Punjab Kings fought back . With an uncapped Indian youngster Atharva Taide leading the charge. He was supported by another Indian Jitesh sharma . Atharva Taide scored 66(36) and Jitesh Sharma scored 24(10) and Lucknow Super Giants comfortably won the game by 56 runs.
In the match number 21 of the 2023 season . Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first the Lucknow Super Giants got a good start with both the Openers Kyle Mayers and Kl rahul put up 51 runs for the opening partnership. But two early wickets in the middle overs brought pressure back on Lucknow Super Giants .Skipper Kl Rahul was the standout performer for the home team he scored 74(56) to help Lucknow Super Giants register a total of 159/8. It looked like a tricky run chase on slow pitch and LSG bowler Yudhvir Singh made it more difficult for Punjab Kings as he dismissed both the Openers cheaply . But steady knocks from Sikander Raza and M short brought Punjab Kings back in the game and it all came down to the last over as Punjab Kings needed 7 runs in the final over . Shahrukh Khan smacked Bishnoi over covers for four and won the match for the Punjab Kings. Sikander Raza was awarded the Player of the match.
Rishabh Pant(c) , David Miller, Aiden Makram, Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuvraj Choudhary, R Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ayush Badoni, Shardul thakur, Avesh khan, M siddhart, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav , Mayank Yadav , Ravi Bishnoi.
LSG looks and formidable side this team with a new face leading the team . It will be interesting to see how Rishabh Pant will lead this team .Their batting with 3 power hitters in the middle order makes it more stronger Pant , David Miller and Nicholas Pooran and finishing touch from Ayush Badoni. The pace bowling lineup of Lucknow Super Giants which looks inexperienced for death overs can turn out to be a weakness for them.
Shreyas Iyer(c) , Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, P Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Jitesh Sharma, A Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan,Suryansh Shedge, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, V Vijay kumar, Yash thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartler, Pravin Dubey.
This team a new looked Punjab Kings can be seen as the dynamic duo of Iyer- Ponting will be there in the PBKS setup . The team is filled with Australian and Mumbai domestic players and we know the obvious reasons . Shreyas has a good bond with Ponting and they managed to do well as a team. Punjab Kings this time features some exciting talents like Suryansh Shedge, Priyansh Arya and Musheer Khan. Spin attack with Yuzi Chahal is always deadly and they have some real good Indian pacer too but one thing which can bother them this season is the opening combination,will they go with Indian openers or with Josh Inglis.
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